Still happy

 Today was a great day at work. I went to my meeting and had no other pings the rest of the day. I lounged around in the bedroom. Opened the window.

Read some old blog posts from Living with a Fi. It felt like just reading a novel, so I took it as that. There wasn't advice, he was just recounting the last 13 years of his work history, and it was an interesting read.

I tried to sit outside and decided it was too hot. And was impressed that I was able to abandon the idea quickly without hemming and hawing.

I was still quite a bit nauseous from the turbulent plane ride and sitting in the bathroom seat. Don't do that again, MERJ. I'm realizing physical recovery from acute bodily insults are not as quick as in my twenties. The little comforts matter. Just when I think the neck pillow I have at home isn't working, I sleep in a new bed and my neck hurts ever so slightly. 

Anyway, I lounged around a bit with only a tiny bit of guilt that I wasn't sitting upright. But since I decided I had lingering motion sickness, I let myself lounge more. I tried some hot tea. And felt okay but didn't take the ill feeling away. Munched on some airplane cookies, then a few almonds, and potato chips. I was going to just lounge a bit the rest of the day, but somewhere around 2p I decided to forage for food.

Darn Google. I scrolled and nothing sounded good.

Waited a few more minutes, scrolled some more and decided on sushi. It was nearby. It turns out a few of the places I'd looked at prior to my arrival are feet away from me and on the same block, so I will not have to walk far at all (w/ or w/o my jacket or sweatsuit if need be). 

I easily plunked down $30 on mediocre sushi, salad, and soup. I got exactly what I wanted and didn't think twice. Didn't know it was going to be so mediocre. And I thought it would last 2 meals. I guess I was hungrier or had long eye. I ate everything. I liked the cucumber salad (ie, the dressing). If I ever go back, it'll be for the salad. The rice was too mushy and I could only slurp up a few spoons of soup. I'm just not a soup kind of girl unless I'm very cold or very sick....or probably very hungry (w/ no other options). 

In a stroke of luck, I observed and could act on the fact that there was a gas station randomly on this same city block. Ginger ale! It's what I've been wanting since that first quake of turbulence almost 24 hours ago. 

I wasn't hungry enough for the barbecue feast I had planned for today. Sushi was the better option. 

Maybe I'll go tomorrow or maybe Sunday. I don't know.

But the $30 on 1 mediocre meal (am I in Seattle??) motivated me a bit to think more on getting a meal kit. 

A few hours later, that's exactly what I did. $26 for six meals (even I make one, it's already a better deal in food, but probably not in effort).

Look at me pivoting and not mentally flogging myself. I do tend to act when motivated or compelled. So there's that.

I looked back at my old notes that had flagged Marley Spoon and Hello Fresh. I tried to peruse through the instructions. I kind of don't really care for Hello Fresh but I had been craving their hamburgers. And in the end the items they offered were easy enough to make with my limited supplies.  Their aggressive marketing and discounts helped too. 

I ended up with ...burgers, fish, and porkchops. All meat and potato simple or simple-able dishes. Duh, I don't have to do exactly what the recipe says. At some point, I'll have to get some oil from Kroger.

I have also been craving grapefruit which I feel like is my body telling me I need hydration because I'm just picturing a really juicy grapefruit.

So maybe I was probably a bit dehydrated (more than normal) on the flight because it was a hot day and I was low key sweating for most of it. 

So I still have a few items of eats on my list, but luckily none of them were must-trys. I of course have to eat some bbq before I leave. I'll have to do it by Sunday night so I'm good and hungry when my box comes on Tues. 

Yay, I'm really glad about that actually.

Having had the sushi, it's kind of kicked the craving for any Asian food at the moment.  

Honestly, barbecue is the only real item I want to make sure to have. The rest were just day fillers. 

But I think for now, no pressure to go out or figure out food more than every other day. 

So tomorrow, maybe oatmeal and go to Kroger for fruit, if needed. I have to figure out where the Amazon package locker is. Maybe some dry cereal. 

I got some minor errands done and just did a brain dump of some little ideas I had. 

Did I already mention, the next Uber driver in my hometown I connect with, I might offer them a flat fee for pickups to the train and airport so I don't have to worry as much. I think $10 is fair, especially given Uber only charges me $6 and I think they get less than half that. We'll see. No pressure if I don't it right away, Brain. I can already feel you breathing down my neck. It's just a thought.

Anyway, so it's 8p EST/ 7p CST here in Nashville, and today was a good day.